***********DANGEROUS PRANK:**************
            Please read and forward to anyone you know
            who drives.

            My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the
            Jacksonville,  Florida Police Department.
            I have been asked by state and local
            authorities to write this email in order
            to get the word out to car drivers of a
            very dangerous prank that is occurring in
            numerous states.

            Some person or persons have been affixing
            hypodermic needles  to the underside of
            gas pump handles. These needles appear to
            be infected with HIV positive blood. In
            the Jacksonville area alone there have
            been 17 cases of

            people being stuck by these needles over
            the past five months.

            We have verified reports of at least 12
            others in various states around the
            country. It is believed that these may be
            copycat  incidents due to someone reading
            about the crimes or seeing them reported
            on the television. At this point no one
            has been arrested and catching the
            perpetrator(s) has become our top
            priority.

            Shockingly, of the 17 people who where
            stuck, eight have  tested HIV positive
            and because of the nature of the disease,
            the others could  test positive in a
            couple years.

            Evidently the consumers go to fill their
            car  with gas, and when picking up the
            pump handle get stuck with the infected
            needle. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY
            CHECK THE HANDLE of  the gas pump each
            time you use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE
            YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH, INCLUDING UNDER THE
            HANDLE.

            If you do find a needle affixed to one,
            immediately contact  your local police
            department so they can collect the
            evidence.